Patents Issued in September 29, 2011
  • Publication number: 20110232426
    Abstract: A quick-turn wrench includes a driving head with an axle hole. One side of the axle hole has a claw. A ratchet ring is accommodated in the axle hole. One end of the ratchet ring extends outside the axle hole and connects to a wrench handle. The ratchet ring is surrounded by a ratchet part that correspondingly engages the claw. A transmission rod is inserted into the ratchet ring, with one end having a transmission part. A bottom plate is disposed at the bottom of the axle hole. The end surface of the bottom plate facing the axle hole has a sliding groove. A pushing element is disposed in the sliding groove corresponding to the claw. The transmission part of the transmission rod connects to the pushing element. As the transmission rod rotates, the pushing element is driven to push the claw to release the fixing state between the claw and the ratchet ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: ADVANCE TEAM POWER INC.
    Inventor: Chun-Lang Lin
  • Publication number: 20110232427
    Abstract: A safety pipe wrench includes a Y-shaped handle having a stem extending from a first end of the handle towards a second end of the handle. The stem bifurcates into a first arm and a second arm at a location between the first end and the second end of the handle. The first arm and the second arm extend to the second end of the handle. A slot is defined between the first arm and the second arm. A first gripping insert is mounted on the first arm. A nut is rotatably retained in the slot. A jaw has a shank terminating in a jaw head. The shank is movably engaged with the nut. A second gripping insert is mounted on the jaw head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: James Robert Streater, Jeffery Ronald Clausen
  • Publication number: 20110232428
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of tools and tool kits for use with a movable work piece having at least one fastener, the tool preventing movement of the work piece and fastener when a force is exerted on the fastener. One embodiment of such a tool comprises an elongate handle, a first arm and a second arm. The first arm has a distal end with an aperture configured to engage the fastener to prevent the fastener from rotating when a rotational force is exerted on the fastener. The first arm is movably connected to the elongate handle. The second arm extends from the elongate handle. The second arm is spaced apart from the first arm and comprises a side surface configured to contact a portion of the movable work piece to prevent the work piece from movement. The first arm is movably connected to the handle proximate the second arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Harold Jay Lanfear, Mark D. Pionke
  • Publication number: 20110232429
    Abstract: A hand operated gripping tool includes a movable jaw, a fixed jaw, a first cam associated with the movable jaw, a pivotal handle connected with the movable jaw and a second cam associated with the pivotal handle. The first cam is spaced from the fixed jaw by a first variable distance, and the second cam is spaced from the fixed jaw by a second variable distance, with the first distance maintained greater than the second distance. The jaws are cooperable to define a variable size space for receiving a workpiece and the cams are operable to cause the jaws to grip the workpiece positioned in the variable size space. The cams are arranged such that rotational movement of the second cam caused by operation of the pivotal handle causes the movable jaw to pivot on the first cam to grip the workpiece that is positioned in the variable size space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: AMERICAN GREASE STICK COMPANY
    Inventors: Nigel Alexander Buchanan, Seamus Duffy
  • Publication number: 20110232430
    Abstract: A power screwdriver is disclosed including a screw advance mechanism for advancing a screwstrip, and a hinged feed track for feeding the screwstrip to the screw advance mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Troy Hale
  • Publication number: 20110232431
    Abstract: A torque socket has an outer cylinder having markings on an outer surface thereof. A receptacle including a male ratchet member at one distal end, and a plurality of cavities and a central channel at an opposite end. A plurality of balls each adapted to fit within a respective cavity of the receptacle. A spring seat including a release pad, a central pin extending axially therefrom from one end and adapted to fit within the central channel of the receptacle, thereby holding the balls within the cavities, and a disk at an opposite end. A coiled spring received upon the spring seat. A cylinder head having a female ratchet portion, and is adapted to compress the coiled spring and releasably and adjustably attach to an inside surface of the outer cylinder, thereby holding the receptacle, the balls, and the spring seat together and between the outer cylinder and the cylinder head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Francois Deneault
  • Publication number: 20110232432
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a threaded joint capable of improving the life of an O.D. turning tool and consequently improving the life of a chaser. The method for producing a threaded joint, which includes O.D. turning the surface of a joint followed by threading, wherein, before the O.D. turning, the surface of the joint is descaled by shot blasting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO METAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kuroiwa
  • Publication number: 20110232433
    Abstract: A method of high-speed turning of metal using a cutting tool insert for turning of steel. The cutting tool insert includes a (006) textured ?-Al2O3 coated cemented carbide grade. The cemented carbide body has 4.5-6.5 wt-% Co and 3-10 wt-% cubic carbide forming metals and an S-value of 0.77-0.92 and a coercivity of 10-20 kA/m. The ?-Al2O3 layer has a thickness ranging from 7 to 12 ?m and is composed of columnar grains having a length/width ratio from 2 to 12 and is deposited on an MTCVD Ti(C,N) layer having a thickness from 4 to 12 ?m. The alumina layer is characterised by a pronounced (006) growth texture. The alumina layer is the uppermost layer and is wet-blasted having an Ra value of less than 1 ?m, giving the tool a black and shiny appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SECO TOOLS AB
    Inventors: Jenni ZACKRISSON, Silvia DAHLUND, Tommy LARSSON
  • Publication number: 20110232434
    Abstract: A multiple tool device, particularly adapted to prepare tubular elements to be welded by electrofusion, comprising a cup member which is associable with the end portion of a tubular element and is provided with motion transmission means adapted to turn the multiple tool device. The particularity of the present invention resides in that it comprises scraper means adapted to remove the outer surface layer of the end portion and facing means which have a working motion that is opposite with respect to the preceding means and are adapted to face the edge of the end portion so as to make it perpendicular to the axis of the tubular element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: RITMO S.P.A.
    Inventor: Renzo Bortoli
  • Publication number: 20110232435
    Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating cutting of unit dose blisters from a blister card is provided. The apparatus may include a platform, a clamp, a blade and a sensor. The blister card may be positionable on the platform for cutting. The clamp may be positionable to hold a portion of the blister card in contact with the platform for cutting when the clamp is seated. The clamp may be operatively coupled to a guillotine head. The blade may also be operatively coupled to the guillotine head. The guillotine head may be configured to move the blade through a range of motion that intersects a plane of the platform. The sensor may be positioned to detect a seating status of the clamp to enable control of movement of the guillotine head based on the seating status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Jaynes
  • Publication number: 20110232436
    Abstract: A power tool head is including a trimmer head or the like is powered with an AC or DC motor. The head and tool attachment are ergonomically constructed to facilitate use and operation. In the trimmer tool, molded line blades with or without an aerodynamic cross-section provide for effective cutting at low speeds and low power requirements. The line blades may be selectively oriented to improve strength and durability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Vincent D. Morabit
  • Publication number: 20110232437
    Abstract: A method of cutting for an electronic cutter includes receiving a signal that a sheet has been loaded and receiving a size of the sheet. The method also includes receiving data from a removable electronic memory device containing shape data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Provo Craft and Novelty, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Aaron Johnson, Phil Beffrey
  • Publication number: 20110232438
    Abstract: A deflectable lifting device can be mounted to a support form, work surface or other member of a material conveyance system. According to embodiments, the deflectable lifting device can have a base that mounts into the support, and a bendable arm arranged in the pathway of a material conveyance system, such as a paper stripping or paper blanking work station. When a sheet or web of material travels over the deflectable lifting device, the bendable arm can bend and deflect downwards, but still contact the sheet or web with a gently humped or arcuate portion, providing a small margin of elevation or lift to the sheet or web. The sheet or web can therefore be elevated above edges, holes, or other obstructions in the pathway that could jam or snag the delivery of the material. The deflectable lifting device can comprise an arcuate portion or head over which the sheet or web can slide in a bearing fashion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: ATLAS DIE, LLC
    Inventors: David J. COURSEY, Brightman Kenneth HOLLIDAY
  • Publication number: 20110232439
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optimized sheet metal (1) of a zirconium based alloy is described, which optimized sheet metal (1) defines a sheet plane (BA). The method comprises the steps of providing a sheet metal (2) of a zirconium based. alloy, subjecting the sheet metal (2) to at least a preparing cold rolling and a final cold rolling, wherein the preparing cold rolling and the final cold rolling are both performed in a common rolling direction, and heat treating the sheet metal (1) between the preparing cold rolling and the final cold rolling so that the zirconium based alloy is partially re-crystallized. A method of manufacturing a spacer grid using an optimized sheet metal (1) according to the invention is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Lars Hallstadius, Mats Dahlback, John Bates, James Dougherty, Steven J. King, Robert J. Comstock
  • Publication number: 20110232440
    Abstract: An apparatus for slicing food products includes a product feed which feeds a product to be sliced along a product feed direction through a cutting plane in which at least one cutting blade moves. The position of the cutting blade is adjustable relative to the product. A control unit is provided which is designed to automatically adjust the position of the cutting blade for the optimization of the blade wear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Günther Weber
  • Publication number: 20110232441
    Abstract: A tripe cutting board and method of making menudo is provided. The tripe cutting board includes a base plate and opposed sidewalls so as to form an elongate structure having a central trough. These sidewalls have opposed slots formed equal distance along the length of the sidewalls for introduction of a knife blade. The method of cutting tripe includes rolling a flat sheet of tripe into a tripe roll. The rolled tripe is then cut by slicing a knife downward between each of the opposed slots. The rolled tripe is cut into smaller rolls of trip which are removed to form tripe strips. The tripe strips are positioned longitudinally into the cutting board trough and then cut once again to form substantially square pieces of tripe suitable for introduction into menudo soup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel Aguirre
  • Publication number: 20110232442
    Abstract: Various embodiments of fluid-jet systems are described herein. In one embodiment, a fluid-jet system includes a table and two bridges that are each longitudinally movable along the table. Each bridge carries a fluid-jet cutting head latitudinally movable along the bridge. The fluid-jet system also includes a first controller operably coupled to the first bridge and the first fluid-jet cutting head. The first controller controls the first bridge and the first fluid-jet cutting head. The fluid-jet system also includes a second controller operably coupled to the second bridge and the second fluid-jet cutting head. The second controller controls the second bridge and the second fluid-jet cutting head independently of the control of the first bridge and the first fluid-jet cutting head by the first controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: OMAX Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Guglielmetti, Kevin A. Hay
  • Publication number: 20110232443
    Abstract: The objective is to improve durability while making it possible to maintain an excellent cutting plane and feeling of use with a simpler configuration. Disclosed is a tabletop circular saw for which a main body equipped with a saw blade that is rotated by the driving of a motor is provided to be capable of vertical movement on a base on which a material to be cut is placed; the output shaft of the motor is provided parallel to a spindle of the saw blade; and an automatic torque adjustment mechanism, which is equipped with a drive pulley, a follower pulley, and a belt, and which automatically adjusts the torque transmitted from the output shaft to the spindle according to the load when the saw blade rotates, is provided between the output shaft and the spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Kojima, Masahiko Miura, Toshiyuki Kani
  • Publication number: 20110232444
    Abstract: This invention relates to a machine and system for processing strip material which typically is removed from the edges of a sheet of material during the formation process. The strip material is formed in an apparatus and expelled at a variable line speed. The line speed is measured by a sensor which provides a signal representation of the speed to a cutter assembly. The cutter assembly cuts the strip material at a cutting speed which is sequenced to the line speed such that the strip material is cut into a plurality of pieces. The pieces are generally uniform in shape and size across variations in the line speed because the cutting speed is synchronized with the line speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: GREIF PACKAGING LLC
    Inventors: Christopher A. Krumm, Michael A. Creech, Ronald D. Iannacone, Steven Monteleone
  • Publication number: 20110232445
    Abstract: An apparatus for handling portions of products, in particular food products, includes a product conveyor which conveys the portions sequentially along a conveying direction and at least one sensor which serves to determine the weight of the conveyed portions. The apparatus includes an automatic weight compensation unit which is arranged in the vicinity of the product conveyor and which serves additionally to place at least one single product on a portion in dependence on the determined weight of the portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: GÜNTHER WEBER
  • Publication number: 20110232446
    Abstract: A safety material feeding device installable on a saw machine for pushing and moving a work material on a working platform of the saw machine to saw the work material with a saw blade. The safety material feeding device includes: a bed section fixedly disposed on the saw machine; a material feeding section pivotally disposed on the bed section and reciprocally moved between a backward position, which is out of a movement path of the work material on the working platform and a forward position; and a transmission section for driving the material feeding section to move from the backward position to the forward position. When moved from the backward position to the forward position, one end of the material feeding section is moved into contact with the work material to push the work material toward the saw blade of the saw machine to be sawed by the saw blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Tung-Wei CHANG
  • Publication number: 20110232447
    Abstract: An apparatus for cutting unit dose blisters from a blister card is provided. The apparatus may include a blade, a guillotine head and a card holder. The guillotine head may be operatively coupled to the blade. The guillotine head may be configured to move the blade through a range of motion that intersects a plane of a platform on which the blister card is positionable for cutting. The card holder may be operatively coupled to the guillotine head to hold the blister card against the platform in advance of the blade being moved through the plane of the platform. The blade may be biased to maintain a surface of the blade in contact with a cutting base at least until the blade intersects the plane of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Robert Jaynes
  • Publication number: 20110232448
    Abstract: A microtome comprises a histological cassette support member that is adapted and configured to allow the microtome to be used in connection with relatively thin histological cassettes. A method of reversibly altering a microtome for use with different size histological specimen cassettes includes providing a microtome comprising a first histological tissue cassette clamp, providing a second histological tissue cassette clamp, securing the second histological tissue cassette clamp to the microtome via the first histological tissue cassette clamp, and securing a histological tissue cassette to the microtome via the second histological tissue cassette clamp when the second histological tissue cassette clamp is secured to the microtome via the first histological tissue cassette clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: James B. McCormick
  • Publication number: 20110232449
    Abstract: A sawing machine having a miter angle adjustment assembly includes a machine base, a worktable rotatably connected to the machine base and rotatable about an axis, a cutter unit mounted to the worktable, a tightening member to lock movement of the worktable relative to the machine base and a driving device set. The driving device set includes a driving member pivotally mounted to the worktable and an eccentric member coaxially rotatable with the driving member to move the tightening member. The eccentric member is controllable by the driving member to rotate between a first position and a second position to move the tightening member into engagement with or away from the machine base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: REXON INDUSTRIAL CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheng-Hung CHIU
  • Publication number: 20110232450
    Abstract: The equipment for cutting a corrugated fin is capable of sufficiently cutting a corrugated fin having high ribs. The equipment comprises: a movable blade moving into a rib of a corrugated fin and cutting the corrugated fin; and a fixed blade being fixed on the opposite side of the corrugated fin from the movable blade, the fixed blade cutting the rib with the movable blade. A tip section, which has a cutting face capable of cutting the rib with the fixed blade, is provided to a front end of the movable blade. A supporting block supports one of outer faces of the rib, which corresponds to the tip section of the movable blade, and is biased upward, thereby the supporting block is moved downward together with the cut rib, which has been cut and pushed downward by the movable blade, with continuously supporting the outer face of the cut rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Masaki UEHARA, Mitsuhiro MOTOKI, Toshiyuki NANAARASHI
  • Publication number: 20110232451
    Abstract: A punch module includes a fixing plate, a clamping member, an engaging member, a number of latching members, and a punch. The fixing plate defines an assembly space. The clamping member detachably fixed to the fixing plate and received in the assembly space of the fixing plate defines a first receiving space. The engaging member received in the first receiving space of the clamping member defines a second receiving space. The latching members are movably received in the first receiving space of the clamping member and the second receiving space of the engaging member. The punch extends through the clamping member, the engaging member, and the fixing plate, and defines a latching slot engagable with the latching members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JIAN-RUI LIU, YONG WANG
  • Publication number: 20110232452
    Abstract: A scroll saw includes a base, a worktable mounted to the base, a sliding plate slidably mounted on the worktable and a cutting assembly mounted to the base. A cutting slot is defined between the worktable and the sliding plate for a saw blade of the cutting assembly to pass therethrough. When the sliding plate is moved relative to the worktable to an appropriate position or is removed from the worktable, the saw blade can be changed easily and conveniently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: REXON INDUSTRIAL CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung-Huo CHEN
  • Publication number: 20110232453
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cutting aid for facilitating the cutting of cake, having a ring body, the ring body radially limiting a cake-accommodating space for receiving a cake to be cut, an inner wall for at least partially abutting against the edge of the cake to be cut, and at least one guide aperture for guiding a cutting apparatus for cutting the cake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Felicitas FACKELMANN
  • Publication number: 20110232454
    Abstract: A keyboard apparatus capable of enhancing the return capability of hammer assemblies upon key release to improve the capability of repeated key striking and capable of reducing a height size of action units to make the keyboard apparatus compact. The keyboard apparatus includes hammer assemblies each having a butt disposed pivotable about a hammer pivot shaft and a hammer shank extending from the butt. In a non-key-depression state, the hammer shank obliquely extends downward. As viewed from side, a straight line passing though a gravity center position of the hammer assembly and the hammer pivot shaft forms an acute angle less than 45 degrees relative to a horizontal plane in the entirety of a key depression and key release stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru MURAMATSU, Hisashi TAKEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20110232455
    Abstract: A keyboard apparatus capable of being easily designed to have action units whose upper end positions are made low and whose efficiency of drive of whippens is increased. Each of keys of the keyboard apparatus has an upper front part, a bent part extending downward from a rear end of the upper front part, and a lower rear part extending rearward from a lower end of the bent part. An upper surface of a rear end portion of the lower rear part nearly horizontally extends at a height position lower than that of a key fulcrum. Action units are disposed above respective ones of rear end portions of the keys. A driven point of a whippen of each action unit is located at a position lower than the key fulcrum in a non-key-depression state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru MURAMATSU, Hisashi TAKEYAMA
  • Publication number: 20110232456
    Abstract: An upright piano type action has a wippen 30, a jack 40, a butt 5, a swinging shank (hammer shank 71), a swinging member (hammer 70), a catcher shank 53, a backcheck 60 and a catcher 52. To any of the moving members, namely the butt 5, the swinging shank (hammer shank 71), the swinging member (hammer 70), the catcher 52 and the catcher shank 53, a weight 110, 120, 130 or 140 is attached. The weights 110, 120, 130, 140 are placed to apply loads, respectively, in a state where a key is not being depressed, in a direction opposite to a direction in which the moving members swing for hitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru MURAMATSU, Hisashi Takeyama
  • Publication number: 20110232457
    Abstract: A surface 60 of a butt 50 has a flat portion 61 which is situated forward and has a small inclination angle and a slanting pressure receiving portion 62 which is situated backward and has a large inclination angle as areas pushed up by a jack 40. Between the flat portion 61 and the slanting pressure receiving portion 62, an escapement portion 63 having an obtuse angle is formed. The escapement portion 63 is provided to correspond to a position of the jack 40 placed immediately after the start of swinging of the jack 40. The inclination angle of the slanting pressure receiving portion 62 is determined such that in a stage where a key starts returning from a slow full stroke key-depression, a position at which the butt 50 is in contact with the jack 40 is maintained with the butt 50 swinging backward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru MURAMATSU, Hisashi Takeyama
  • Publication number: 20110232458
    Abstract: A metal block that connects the bridge to the neck of a guitar. The block fits into a routed area of the body. The increased strength of the neck joint created by the metal block allows the heel portion of the lap joint where the body overlaps the neck to be considerable thinner then a conventional guitar. The thinner neck joint allows better access to the upper fret registers. Connecting the bridge to the neck joint with the metal body allows for better sustain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Michael D. Altheim
  • Publication number: 20110232459
    Abstract: The Bottle bugle is a musical instrument for use with empty or partly empty bottles to make unusual notes or sounds, the Bottle Bugle comprising; a resonant chamber, a bottle cap fastener, and a bell-mouth. The resonant chamber may be of any shape consistent with being connected to a bottle cap fastener at the first end and a bell-mouth at the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Kaz Kuroki
  • Publication number: 20110232460
    Abstract: Waveform data stored in an external memory are transferred from the external memory to an internal waveform memory and read out from the waveform memory to reproduce a tone. Transfer instruction is generated each time data readout from the waveform memory progresses by one page, and the transfer instruction is registered into a transfer queue. Thus, in response to the transfer instruction from the queue, the waveform data are read out on page by page from the external memory and stored into the waveform memory. The external memory also stores therein error correction code attached per page. As the waveform data are transferred from the external memory to the waveform memory, an error is detected using the error correction code, and if the error is correctable, the error is corrected. If the error is uncorrectable, volume of a tone being generated is rapidly attenuated, or a warning is issued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: YAMAHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taro SHIRAHAMA
  • Publication number: 20110232461
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for automatically converting audio input signal data into musical score representation data. Embodiments of the invention identify a change in frequency information from the audio signal that exceeds a first threshold value; identify a change in amplitude information from the audio signal that exceeds a second threshold value; and generate a note onset event, each note onset event representing a time location in the audio signal of at least one of an identified change in the frequency information that exceeds the first threshold value or an identified change in the amplitude information that exceeds the second threshold value. The generation of note onset events and other information from the audio input signal may be used to extract note pitch, note value, tempo, meter, key, instrumentation, and other score representation information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: MuseAmi, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert D. Taub, J. Alexander Cabanilla
  • Publication number: 20110232462
    Abstract: The invention relates to a computer-aided prerecorded-music-interpretation system. The system comprises at least one musical actuator (A1, A2) actuatable by an interpreting artist user, memory means for storing musical information (MM) relating to the score of a piece of music to be interpreted by the user, and means for transmitting the musical information to an electronic/computerized device (A4) adapted for producing audio signals on the basis of the musical information received. The memory (MM) for the musical information defines the totality of the musical events (EM) constituting the piece of music to be interpreted. The invention is usable in the field of prerecorded-music interpretation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: MOVEA
    Inventor: Dominique David
  • Publication number: 20110232463
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for displaying musical relationships, a display element (2) being provided which is situated so it is displaceable in a first direction in a holder (3) and is additionally displaceable via the holder (3) along a base element (4) in a second direction running perpendicularly to the first direction, scales (20, 21, 22), chords (24, 25), and their inverses (28) being displayed on the base element (4), the display element (2) having at least one transparent display field (12), and at least one associated chord (24, 25) with the associated inverses (28) being readable in the display field (12) for each tone of a scale, and the use thereof as a teaching aid for making the theory of harmony in music understandable, further elements (40, 50, 60, 70) of the theory of harmony preferably being readable on the back side of the base element (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Anton Sattlecker, Bruno Sattlecker
  • Publication number: 20110232464
    Abstract: A string musical instrument is provided such as a violin comprising a body in the shape of the baseball bat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Glenn DONNELLAN
  • Publication number: 20110232465
    Abstract: An electronic instrument comprising at least one receptacle which is configured to insertably receive interchangeable pickup assemblies and which is positioned relative to at least one suspended and taut vibrating element, and whereby the interchangeable pickup assembly is electrically connected and removably secured to the instrument's body via an electric contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Kamran Salehi
  • Publication number: 20110232466
    Abstract: A modular hand grenade design that permits the use of compressed powders such as A-5. The hand grenade body is split into two main components—a base/sleeve and a nose cap. These two main components contain the explosive. They are loaded with explosive while still separate. The explosive is loaded into the base/sleeve and compressed to form a solid. A core sleeve is attached to the base to form a void inside the explosive where the detonating portion of a fuse assembly can be placed. Explosive is likewise loaded into the nose cap and compressed to form a solid. The nose cap is attached to the base/sleeve assembly. A fuse assembly is then attached to complete the grenade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Bruce Van Stratum, Matthew Eckel
  • Publication number: 20110232467
    Abstract: A trimming, sizing and decapping device that has a simple, very compact construction and that allows the user to economically and quickly produce, restore or prepare cartridge cases to the utmost precision. The device consistently produces very smooth processing surfaces and has good tolerances with respect to various cartridge case wall sizes and materials. Furthermore, a method is detailed for producing or preparing empty cartridge cases using the trimming, sizing and decapping device that allows efficient preparation of the cartridge cases for subsequent loading or reloading in as few process steps as possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Wojtek Keska
  • Publication number: 20110232468
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to mobile equipment for detonating explosives and a motorized unit for securing roads, tracks or similar. According to the present disclosure, the mobile equipment includes a supporting structure with a transverse beam having explosive-activation means mounted thereon, said means comprising at least a mass decoy device, a mechanical decoy device, a thermal electrical decoy device and controllable clearing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventors: Dominique Hembise, François Sylvain Crosnier, Christophe Hubert-Habart
  • Publication number: 20110232469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for automatically and autonomously releasing a mechanical cable or rope connection between two elements, in a zone having explosive atmospheric conditions, comprising: a mechanical assembly in the form of an enclosure which can be traversed by a cable or rope and which contains at least one sectioner comprising a chisel associated with an anvil and means for moving the chisel with respect to the anvil in order to cut the cable or rope, means for positioning the cable or rope making it possible to pass the cable or rope between the anvil and the chisel, and means for measuring the tension of the cable or rope; the control means making it possible to automatically trigger the sectioner. The chisel and preferably the anvil are made of an anti-spark material, particularly of a beryllium-copper (Be—Cu) alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: NEREUS Technologies
    Inventor: Mathieu Deleignies
  • Publication number: 20110232470
    Abstract: Method of producing a shell-proof and bullet-proof structure comprising a first internal layer having a high resistance against the impact of a shell or a bullet, and at least a second external pierceable layer having a relatively low melting temperature allowing it to melt when hit by the shell or bullet for retaining the latter and avoiding the rebound thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Cosimo Cioffi
  • Publication number: 20110232471
    Abstract: A semi-fabricated armor layer for use in production of an armor panel adapted to protect a body from an incoming projectile comprises a carrier and a plurality of armor elements. Each armor element has front and rear end surfaces and a side surface extending therebetween along a height axis of the element. The carrier is flexible and each of a majority of the armor elements is bonded to the carrier at one of its end surfaces and is free of bonding to adjacent armor elements at its side surface. When the carrier has a planar orientation, at least a majority of the armor elements has their height axes essentially parallel to each other and, when the carrier is at least slightly bent, the height axis of at least one of the elements is inclined relative to the height axis of another of the armor elements adjacent thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: PLASAN SASA LTD
    Inventors: Yoav HIRSCHBERG, Idan DAVID, Ofer MEDEM
  • Publication number: 20110232472
    Abstract: A bar armor system is provided for reducing damage caused by RPGs launched towards a vehicle. The bar armor system includes at least one bar array, comprised of lateral bars and vertical bars, wherein the lateral bars are set in predetermined positions so as to reduce the possibility of shaped charges being directed towards the target vehicle. Tubular shaft retainers are provided to be positioned in annular openings in the vertical bars. The lateral bars can be of a round or hexagonal cross-section, and when hexagonal lateral bars are employed, the flat surfaces of the cross-section are positioned horizontally by the tubular shaft retainers so as to minimize the area presented to an oncoming RPG, particularly when the RPG strikes at a non-normal incidence. Push washers can be employed at the outside surfaces of the vertical bars so as to hold them in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ATOMICS
    Inventors: William R. KELLNER, JR., Paul C. DICKSON, Paul W. TRESTER
  • Publication number: 20110232473
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a short recoil firearm (1) comprising a main body (2); a barrel (7) slidingly mounted on the main body (2) and movable between a forward percussion position and a backward recoil position; a slider (17) slidingly mounted on the main body (2) and movable between a forward position of closure of the barrel (7) and a backward stop position. The firearm (1) further comprises a plurality of cylindrical rollers (22) operatively connected to a spirally wound tape spring (26). The cylindrical rollers are movable between a first configuration, in which they lie mutually side by side between the slider (17) and the barrel (7), to prevent the relative movement thereof and to allow the integral displacement of same, and a second configuration, in which they lie in a recovery chamber (27).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Giovanni GUGLIADA
  • Publication number: 20110232474
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved two-stage actuator (20)? that broadly includes: a first cylinder (21); an intensifier piston (22) mounted in the first cylinder for sealed sliding movement therealong, the intensifier piston having a large-area surface (26, A1) exposed to ambient pressure, and having a small-area surface (30, A2); a second cylinder (23) having an end wall (36); an actuator piston (24) mounted in the second cylinder for sealed sliding movement therealong; an actuator rod (39) connected to the actuator piston for movement therewith and having an intermediate portion sealingly penetrating the second cylinder end wall; the actuator piston having a large-area surface (27, A3) and a small-area surface (37, A4), an intermediate chamber (35) communicating the intensifier piston small-area surface with the actuator piston large-area surface; and an incompressible fluid in the chamber; whereby ambient pressure (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: MOOG INC.
    Inventor: David Geiger
  • Publication number: 20110232475
    Abstract: An integrated module of cylinder and reversing assembly of a reciprocating pneumatic tool is arranged between an air pressure guiding seat and a guiding cylinder of piston rod in the groove of a reciprocating pneumatic tool. The integrated module includes a cylinder body with a hollow body shaping an inner/external end and a chamber. The chamber is used for accommodating the piston of the piston rod. Several air flow ducts are laterally set at interval onto the chamber. A reversible actuating slot is recessed into the inner end of the cylinder body, and provided with a through-hole connected with the chamber of the cylinder body. A reversing brake block is accommodated movably into the reversible actuating slot. A spacing ring is accommodated into the reversible actuating slot to limit the reversing brake block. The cylinder and flow reversing body can be combined to simplify the structural members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Ching-Shun CHANG